A word like "Rome" immediately invokes a throng of images, smells, & memories which allows us to conceptualize it as a reality. That is to say, with Marrou, that historical knowledge relies on an unconscious reconstruction of the past as a fantasized present.
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Victorianized Rome:pic.twitter.com/CV2hgv95kf
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Illustrative situation: the word "throng" always makes me think of Poe who used it in a poem.https://twitter.com/nastyinmuhtaxi/status/1039250060175921158 …
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